So what should the American troops driving down roads to nowhere in Afghan valley feel while they are being blown up every day or so by sophisticated Iranian made IEDs planted by teenage jihadists with nothing else to do. Meanwhile the President sees no reason for their being there anyway. Elections have deadly consequences.

Boris: Something's missing.Doctor: What?Boris: I don't know, I feel a void at the center of my being.Doctor: What kind of void?Boris: Well... an empty void.Doctor: An empty void?Boris: Yes. I felt a full void about a month ago but it was just something I ate. -- Love and Death